A Semi-truck on Gravel Road really makes a dust storm. The contrasting land patterns just caught my eye. This image was captured over northwestern Iowa close to the Mississippi River. Nice day to fly although the fall color was already gone.

While Flying over the Mississippi River today, this cockpit view made for a simple click. It was a beautiful day to fly, even though the fall color was all but gone. Still, the Mississippi River always provides a nice vista. This image looks north into northeast Iowa and northwest Illinois toward Galena country.

VFR between Layers? It’s been a long winter and like so many others, I’m ready for some nice spring VFR weather. The angle of this image makes the weather look cloudier than it really was. We had partly cloudy skies so it was VFR all the way to the higher cloud ceiling.

We’re Landing Where? There we were; flying over Sapphire Lake in a Cessna 170 on skis. I’m in the right seat, copilot’s seat. The pilot says; we are landing right down there. As you can see, there’s no runway in site. Instead, we’re landing on Sapphire Lake, then snow taxiing over to a cabin to get some coffee and meet other bush pilots for some hangar flying.